On the 3 & 4 August The Global Philanthropic Gift Weekend 2013 will be taking place in Marbella, with an entourage of celebrities and artists united by a single cause, raise funds for three major foundations, The Eva Longoria Foundation, Fundación Vicente del Bosque and SOS Foundation. This year, the Global Gift Foundation will also benefit a local association of Marbella, Ser Humano and honor it with Our Heroes Award. Our Heroes Award is dedicated to those whose efforts and work deserve social recognition.
The Global Gift Philanthropic Weekend has the following agenda:
· August 3rd 2013: Global Gift Celebrity Golf Tournament in La Quinta Golf & Country Club: this Golf Tournament with Celebrities allows players to form teams of four or teams of 3 having a celebrity as their fourth player.
· August 4th 2013: The Global Gift Gala in the Hotel Gran Meliá Don Pepe Resort of Marbella.
The Global Gift Galas, are unique gala dinners that are incomparable amongst others, where well loved celebrities and artists join the Global Gift Foundation team to help the most needed.
Global Gift Foundation to this date has donated 16 million dollars to foundations worldwide such as: Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Eva Longoria Foundation, Caudwell Children, Fundación Césare Scariolo, Fight for Life, Eva´s Heroes, Fundación Rafa Marquez, Padres Contra el Cáncer, amongst others.
The Global Gift Gala is celebrated in cities such as México, London, Marbella, Paris, Dubai and Cannes. We asked María Bravo and Alina Peralta, creators and founders of Global Gift, where their success lies:
“The first step is to have a fiscally responsible foundation, with 100% administrative transparency and a team of professionals who are passionate about their work. Many people have the power to make a difference in the palm of their hand but don’t take the step because they don’t trust just anyone; they need to be assured that their image is safe. Providing them with this certainty is a job of personal relationships since they are part of our network of friends”.
Alina y María comment that one of their biggest support systems in the Global Gift Foundation is through the Global Ambassadors: The Global Gift Ambassadors: “they form 50% of the pillars to sustain the foundation, and furthermore, they are the echo of the Global Gift Foundation. Every foundation should have its own voice, but a voice with no echo dies, it is important this doesn’t happen”.
The Global Ambassadors represent the Global Gift Foundation with their own voice, their image and their support, transmitting a message of hope and illusion that shows unity, we can make a big difference in our community, our country and the world, restoring the voice to these children and their families so that they are heard.
Aswell as Eva Longoria, as Honorary Chair in all Global Gift Galas, María and Alina feel fortunate and supported by other great leaders, celebrities and philanthropists such as Deepak Chopra, H.R.H Príncipe Azim de Brunei, Leïla Bekhti, Vicente Del Bosque, Carlos Slim Helú, Antonio Banderas, Mariah Carey, Goldie Hawn, Will.i.am, David Beckham, amongst many others.
“These people”, states María, “donate their voice and light to those that do not have either, creating a great difference in the world, helping the weakest in society, women and children. Sharing social awareness is a value today and it’s sad, because something so natural should be like breathing”.
“At least us”, shares María, “Alina, Eva and I, form part of the small percentage that share the same social awareness and we sow this all over the world as Global Gifters, which is the same as saying We are Human Beings”.